Overview And Certificates

Take complex engineering challenges and turn them into innovative solutions. Brought to you by the renowned faculty at Cornell Engineering, these certificate programs are designed to deepen your understanding of key systems and processes while exploring techniques you can put to work immediately. From optimizing product design to problem-solving at scale, you’ll master tools and strategies to make a measurable impact on your organization, whether you’re refining systems or driving cutting-edge projects forward.

Education With Impact
Our courses provide unparalleled structure, support, and engagement to students.

Flexible Online Format
100% self-paced certificate programs allow you to learn on your own schedule.

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Engage directly with peers and instructors. Grow your professional network in every course.

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Engineering Leadership
Courses
  • Strengths-Based Engineering Leadership
  • Values-Based Engineering Leadership
  • Decision-Making Skills for Engineering Leaders
  • Collaborative Communication for Engineering Leaders
  • Courageous Communication for Engineering Leaders
  • Influence and Motivation for Engineering Leaders
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE
Designed For
  • Both emerging and experienced engineering leaders
  • Early to mid-career engineers looking to move into a leadership role
  • Business leaders who work with engineers and technology professionals
  • Graduate students transitioning from an academic track to an industry track
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
3 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Innovation Strategy
Courses
  • Developing Innovation Strategy
  • Building Innovation Competencies
  • Innovation Tools
  • Implementing Innovation
  • Evaluating and Scaling Innovation
Designed For
  • Entry-level to executive leaders
  • Product managers
  • MBA students
  • Data scientists and analysts
  • Entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs
  • Engineers
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
3 months with 5-7 hours of study per week
Presentation Design and Delivery
Courses
  • Redesigning Slides for Impact
  • Engaging Presentation Techniques
  • Designing Slides for Live and Legacy Use
  • Strategizing for Audiences With Different Expertise
  • Projecting Expertise and Confidence During Presentations
  • Constructing High-Impact Content for Global Delivery
Designed For
  • Business leaders
  • Engineers
  • Technology professionals
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Educators
  • Consultants
  • Anyone interested in effectively conveying ideas to a professional audience
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
3 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Spreadsheet Modeling
Courses
  • Making Data Usable
  • Creating Effective Data-Driven Dashboards
  • Developing Robust Models to Evaluate Decisions
  • Optimizing Decisions and Assessing Tradeoffs
Designed For
  • Finance professionals
  • Data analysts
  • Data scientists
  • Business analysts
  • Engineers
  • Managers and executives
  • Students who need in-depth Excel knowledge
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
2 months with 6-8 hours of study per week
Mechatronics
Courses
  • Building and Analyzing a Basic Circuit
  • Building and Measuring a Time-Varying Circuit
  • Programming a Microcontroller
  • Using and Controlling Motors
  • Collecting Data with Sensors
  • Designing and Building Your Own Mechatronic Device
Designed For
  • Engineers (mechanical, software, civil, systems, chemical, biomedical)
  • Robotics and automation technicians
  • Programmers and computer scientists
  • Technology researchers
  • High school teachers
  • Hobbyists
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
3 months with 6-8 hours of study per week
Finite Element Analysis
Courses
  • Conceptual Foundations of Finite Element Analysis
  • Ansys Mechanical Concepts and Implementation
  • Elasticity Applications
  • Beam and Shell Applications
  • Vibration Applications
Designed For
  • Mechanical engineers
  • Simulation engineers
  • Civil engineers
  • Aerospace engineers
  • Prospective engineers
  • Biomedical engineers
  • Design engineers
  • Undergraduate and graduate students in engineering
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
3 months with 5-7 hours of study per week
Interactive Device Design
Courses
  • Designing a Simple Interactive System
  • Expanding Interactive Systems With Devices and Libraries
  • Designing Complex Sensing and Functions in Interactive Systems
  • Building Actuated Interactive Devices
  • Designing Advanced Interactive Devices
  • Creating Distributed Interactive Devices
Designed For
  • Engineers
  • Research and design professionals
  • Product designers and developers
  • Software engineers
  • Electronics hobbyists
  • Designers/artists with the appropriate background
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Career starters
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
3 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Design Thinking
Courses
  • Identifying and Framing a Challenge
  • Gathering User Emotions
  • Crafting User Narratives
  • Generating User-Centered Solutions
  • Design Prototyping
  • Testing and Iteration
Designed For
  • User experience/UX designers
  • Marketers and designers
  • Product managers
  • Engineers
  • Program and project managers
  • Consultants
  • Systems analysts
  • Entrepreneurs involved in product conception
  • Individual contributors, managers and leaders at all levels of an organization who are involved in the design, development, or improvement of products, services, and infrastructure
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
6 months with 5-8 hours of study per week
Systems Thinking
Courses
  • Framing Complex Problems with Systems Thinking
  • Using the Four Simple Rules of Systems Thinking
  • Visualizing and Modeling Complex Systems
  • Building Analytical and Emotional Intelligence with Systems Thinking
  • Designing Organizations for Systems Thinking
  • Becoming a Systems Leader
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE
Designed For
  • Technical and engineering leaders
  • Project managers
  • Consultants
  • Analysts
  • Business decision-makers
  • Team leaders across any industry
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
3 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Systems Design
Courses
  • Defining Scope
  • Developing System Requirements
  • Exploring Your System's Architecture
  • Assessing Your System's Performance and Value
  • Implementing the Quality Function Deployment Method
  • Defining Interfaces
  • Identifying and Evaluating Risk
Designed For
  • Engineers and engineering managers
  • Team leaders who direct technical projects or teams
  • Technical and IT leaders
  • Solutions architects
  • Professionals looking to improve their ability to design and develop systems and solutions architecture
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
3.5 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Product Development
Courses
  • Building and Validating Prototypes
  • Developing Product Specifications
  • Launching Small-Scale Production
  • Managing High-Volume Production
  • Sourcing a Manufacturer
  • Developing a Distribution and Marketing Strategy
  • Financing Your Business
Designed For
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Product managers
  • Designers
  • Usability experts
  • Software engineers
  • Consultants
  • Manufacturers
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
4 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Risk Analysis
Courses
  • Risk Analysis Foundations
  • Risk Evaluation
  • Risk Modeling
  • Risk Perception
Designed For
  • Risk managers and analysts
  • Finance and insurance professionals
  • Project managers
  • Supply chain managers
  • Computer and information security engineers
  • Software developers
  • Engineers
  • Executives
  • Professionals across industries interested in understanding risk management
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
3 months with 8-10 hours of study per week
Probability Analysis
Courses
  • Probability Analysis
Designed For
  • Engineers (mechanical, electrical, software, civil, systems, chemical, biomedical)
  • Quality control professionals
  • Materials analysts
  • Product developers
  • Data scientists and analysts
  • Aspiring data scientists, product developers, and analysts who seek a foundation in probability theory
Format
100% online, self-paced
Fluid Dynamics Simulations Using Ansys
Courses
  • Foundations of CFD
  • 2D Laminar Flows
  • 3D Turbulent Flows
  • Rotating Machinery Flows
  • Compressible Flows
Designed For
  • Engineers who work with computer-aided design (CAD) software
  • Engineering analysts
  • Simulation engineers
  • Mechanical engineers
  • Naval engineers
  • Aerospace engineers
  • Physicists
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
2.5 months with 5-7 hours of study per week
Finance for Engineers
Courses
  • Creating a Budget
  • Determining the Value of an Asset
  • Interpreting Financial Statements and Ratios
  • Assessing the Financial Viability of a Project or Business
Designed For
  • Undergraduate and graduate engineers
  • Professional engineers
  • Engineers moving into a finance career
  • Career starters in financial analysis and consulting
  • Computer scientists looking to specialize
  • Research scientists
  • Personal investors
  • Business professionals in STEM teams
  • Engineers interested in entrepreneurship
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
2 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Decision Analysis
Courses
  • Framing Decisions
  • Using Decision Trees
  • Accounting for Subjectivity and Valuing Information
  • Risk Attitudes and Key Assumptions in Utility Theory
  • Implementing Simulation-Based Optimization
  • Modeling Design Decisions and Performance
  • Designing for Resilience and Robustness
Designed For
  • Engineers in any field, including mechanical, electrical, civil, and environmental
  • Aspiring data scientists, data analysts, and market analysts
  • Anyone who needs to make highly consequential decisions or inform solutions in the face of uncertainty or multiple and conflicting objectives
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
3.5 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Spaceflight Mechanics
Courses
  • Spaceflight Mechanics
Designed For
  • Mechanical engineers
  • Aerospace engineers
  • Aerospace career starters
  • Astronomers
  • Astrophysicists
  • Earth-observing scientists
  • Civil engineers
  • Professionals with advanced MATLAB knowledge as well as prior experience in vector algebra and vector calculus
Format
All Online
Product Management 360
Courses
  • Getting Started with Spreadsheet Modeling and Business Analytics
  • Harvesting Spreadsheet Data
  • Querying Relational Databases
  • Creating Data Visualizations with Tableau
  • Enhancing Data Visualizations with Tableau
  • Digital Platform Strategy
  • Pricing Strategy
  • Developing Innovation Strategy
  • Building Innovation Competencies
  • Innovation Tools
  • Implementing Innovation
  • Evaluating and Scaling Innovation
  • Planning and Delivering Effective Presentations
  • Persuasive Writing
  • Leadership Symposium  
    LIVE
  • Marketing Symposium  
    LIVE
  • Developing a Product Hypothesis and Personas
  • Product Vision and Goals
  • Building a Product Strategy and Roadmap
  • Product Prototyping
  • Product Analytics and Iteration
  • Product Engineering and Execution
  • Preparing for Success as a Product Manager
  • Managing Product Teams
  • Identifying and Targeting Customer Needs
  • Prioritizing for Product Roadmaps
  • Designing and Developing Products
  • Managing the Product Lifecycle
Designed For
  • Current or aspiring product management professionals
  • Entrepreneurs and small business owners
  • Business analysts
  • Product marketing managers
  • Data analysts
  • Engineers and developers
  • Operations managers
  • Designers
  • People interested in transitioning to the tech industry
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
10 months with 3-5 hours of study per week
Six Sigma
Courses
  • Six Sigma Statistics Essentials
  • Six Sigma Tools and Methodologies
  • Identifying and Measuring Risk
  • Risk Analysis and Six Sigma
  • Project Management for Six Sigma
  • Six Sigma Black Belt Capstone
Designed For
  • Engineers
  • Project managers
  • Business leaders
  • Operations and production managers
  • Product managers
  • Business analysts
  • Consultants
  • Professionals working toward a Six Sigma certification
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
3 months with 8-10 hours of study per week

Small-class Experience
Participate in facilitated discussions and live sessions with industry peers.
Invention and IP Management
Courses
  • Understanding the Invention
  • Developing a Unique Value Proposition
  • Securing Inventions, IP, and Bioproperty
  • Preparing for Commercialization and Implementation
  • Partnerships and Contracts
  • Invention System Management
Designed For
  • Entrepreneurs
  • IP managers
  • Invention and innovation managers
  • Engineers
  • Scientists
  • R&D and business development professionals
  • Tech transfer professionals
  • Business managers
  • Consultants
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
3 months with 4-6 hours of study per week
Quantitative Finance
Courses
  • Quantitative Modeling of Fixed Income Debt Securities
  • Equity Asset Pricing Using Stochastic Models
  • Analysis of Equity Derivatives at Expiration
  • Analysis of Equity Derivatives Before Expiration
  • Optimizing Portfolio Allocation
  • Financial Decision Modeling
Designed For
  • Quantitative analysts
  • Finance professionals looking to upskill in data modeling
  • Engineers looking to transition into finance
  • Research scientists
  • Computer scientists
  • Personal investors
Format
All Online

Time Commitment
3 months with 6-8 hours of study per week

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